Word: occasionals
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Wolsey. His reply was unique. "Wolsey was a famous general who fought in the Crimean War, and who, after being decapitated several times, said to Cromwell, 'Ah, if I had only served you as you have served me, I would not have been deserted in my old age!" Occasionally within the precincts of colleges and universities a rich vein of humor may be struck in a very unexpected fashion. On one occasion a professor, noticing that certain members of his class were inattentive during the lecture, suddenly arrested his flow of oratory, and addressing one of the students, said, "Pray...
Sever 11 was fairly well filled last evening on the occasion of the first public meeting of the Harvard Total Abstinence League to listen to addresses by Rev. E. E. Hale and Ex-Gov. Long. The speakers were introduced by President Cummings who gave a brief statement of the purpose...
We do not intend to turn preacher, but, on occasion, we can sound a bugle note of warning. The clang of the printing press is sending to us, daily, its startling dirge of the wreck upon the reefs of dishonesty and deceit, of some fair craft, laden with the hopes...
The annual reunion of the Harvard, Boston University and Providence Alumni chapters of the fraternity of Beta Theta Pi was held last Thursday at Providence, under the auspices of the Brown University Chapter. Representatives were also present from the University of California, Asbury University of Indiana, Johns Hopkins University of...
A numismatic collection, presented by Robert N. Toppan, '58, is one of the most interesting contents of the room. There are eighty-five Roman coins well arranged in a handsome ebony case. The dates range from 400 B. C. to 337 A. D., including specimens of the silver, gold and...